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1940–1946 Fillmore Street

Pacific Heights · San Francisco, CA 94115

  • Built 1900
  • Office building
  • 2 stories
  • Zoned FILLMR
  • District 5
  • Historic status: historic resource
  • Individually listed on the National Register
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5,200 sq ftBuilding area
4,062.5 sq ftLot area
15Rooms · 7 baths
  1. 1882

    The Fillmore-Pine Building, designed by the German architect Wildrich Winterhalter and built at the south-west corner of Pine and Fillmore in 1882 for a tobacco and cigar importer: an early example of a mixed-use building, with two storefronts — one let to a shoe shop, one to a fancy goods shop — and living quarters above.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
  2. May 1983

    Additions alterations or repairs.

    Complete Permit 8304478 $$$ $200
  3. May 1983

    Remodeling existing restaurant.

    Complete Permit 8304530 $$$ $35,000
  4. Aug 1983

    Renovate 100 sq ft existing storefront.

    Complete Permit 8307666 $$$ $54,000
  5. Aug 1983

    Remoe replace approximately 25 sq ft of sidewalkone basement.

    Complete Permit 8307863 $$$ $3,000
  6. Sep 1983

    Hang up an old existing and extend the duct to a new 5'.

    Complete Permit 8308850 $$$ $2,400
  7. Nov 1983

    Sign - erect.

    Complete Permit 8311994 $$$ $1,990
  8. Nov 1983

    Sign - erect.

    Complete Permit 8311997 $$$ $712
  9. Nov 1983

    Sign - erect.

    Complete Permit 8311995 $$$ $380
  10. Jun 1984

    Crocker bank.

    Complete Permit 8406668 $$$ $1,300
  11. Mar 1993

    Tenant improvements to existing restaurant space/no chg of u.

    Expired Permit 9304845 $$$ $65,000
  12. Apr 1993

    Non-structural removal on preivious tenants equipment, table.

    Expired Permit 9305379 $$$ $3,000
  13. May 1993

    Install an anbsul hood/duct fire system.

    Expired Permit 9307486 $$$ $1,000
  14. May 1993

    To erect electric sign single faced.

    Expired Permit 9308564 $$$ $2,000
  15. May 1993

    To erect single faced electric sign.

    Expired Permit 9308566 $$$ $2,000
  16. May 1993

    To erect electric sign double faced.

    Expired Permit 9308567 $$$ $2,000
  17. Sep 1999

    Modify recessed panels at facade to match storefront.

    Expired Permit 9918851 $$$ $2,208
  18. Aug 2002

    Street space repair.

    Issued Permit M21373 $$$ $15,000
  19. by 2009

    Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Fillmore-Pine Building — one of three National Register sites in the Japantown study area, and the only mixed-use building there so listed. The nomination dates from 1980.

    Japantown Historic Context Statement, May 2009
  20. Oct 2010

    Remove millwork, lighting, dropped ceiling, hardwood floors. patch and paint, new partition wall, new marble floor, install wall mounted cabinetry, new glass window. improve front ramp for 1: 12 slope. electrical for new pendant lighting & displays.

    Complete Permit 201010293998 $$$ $44,000
  21. Jan 2013

    Demolish millwork & existing non compliant restrooms. build new millwork & ada restroom. install new finishes & some lighting. change business from johnny rockets to glaze teriyaki.

    Complete Permit 201301147900 $$$ $60,000
  22. Apr 2013

    Copy change to existing sign. non-structural sign.

    Issued Permit 201304235228 $$$ $1,500
  23. Jun 2013

    To replace existing 4 window wood sashes in kind, with new wooden sashes, double pane, street facing.

    Complete Permit 201306189839 $$$ $3,000
  24. Jun 2013

    Install 1400 sq ft of hardie siding at right side of building over existing. visble from street. no structural changes.

    Complete Permit 201306270611 $$$ $8,000
  25. Mar 2014

    Replace one non-illuminated blade sign. na ordinance #155-13.

    Complete Permit 201403180967 $$$ $2,000
  26. Feb 2026

    To comply with nov #202538460. new 34" tall partition wall added to space. no electrical or plumbing work.

    Complete Permit 202602095556 $$$ $5,800

DBI holds 26 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 26. 1 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

The city's Japantown context statement dates the Fillmore-Pine Building to 1882; the assessor's roll and Planning's historic resource survey both record 1900. Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early tenants and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update